Volunteer

[allyy]

Hello,
I'm a visitor in Canada, I want to know if I can apply for a work permit to do volunteer work, what forms are required and who do I contact?
This volunteer position is for helping the business of a non profit organization grow and requires post grad degree, which i have from my home country.

Thank you all in advance.

 

[zardoz]

Hello,
I'm a visitor in Canada, I want to know if I can apply for a work permit to do volunteer work, what forms are required and who do I contact?
This volunteer position is for helping the business of a non profit organization grow and requires post grad degree, which i have from my home country.

Thank you all in advance.

Because of the requirements for the position, it's extremely unlikely that CIC would consider this to be volunteering. Therefore, you will have to go via the full LMIA process as if it is a paid position, following the normal Temporary Foreign Worker procedures.

 

[Jalex23]

Hello,
I'm a visitor in Canada, I want to know if I can apply for a work permit to do volunteer work, what forms are required and who do I contact?
This volunteer position is for helping the business of a non profit organization grow and requires post grad degree, which i have from my home country.

Thank you all in advance.

Work permits are for "working" not for "volunteering". Visitors can apply for volunteering positions at will and with no restrictions.

Be careful though, as zardoz commented, the description you give is more of a job than of a volunteer. Be sure the position is really a volunteering position if not you will be getting into trouble as charging a $0 fee for work is not volunteering.

Usually organizations have a very good and solid understanding of volunteering requirements. Make sure that the position is announced as volunteering in mass media or at least in their website. Also talk with HR to double check neither you nor the company is getting into trouble.

 

[allyy]

Thankyou Zardoz and Jalex for your answers.

Do i have to contact a lawyer or is this possible to do on your own. Also, does the employer have to pay something.
Can somebody direct me to the website where I can get the forms etc.

Jalex: its a small company with a few people and i don't think they have an HR so I have to find out the process for them.

Thanks in advance to you.

 

[Jalex23]

Do i have to contact a lawyer or is this possible to do on your own. Also, does the employer have to pay something.
Can somebody direct me to the website where I can get the forms etc.

Lawyer? Forms? There is no such thing, unless the company has any of ther own.

Jalex: its a small company with a few people and i don't think they have an HR so I have to find out the process for them.

Yeah, they should know.